The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-04-15
must be that 1t Is q soul saving church. II

V1'c iIiIlSUTy, DeCuuSo uOnU WnHJ 10 nuc my
talents any longer" SWELL" replied Rowland
Hill, II think the more you hide your talents
tho better" Why, there Is no field on eartl
so grand as that which Is open before the
Gospel ministry. Have you powers of anal
ysisa exhaust them here Have you uncon
qucrable logicl lot 1t grapple with Paul''
Epistlo to the Romans. Have you strong
imagination? let 1t discourse on tho Psalms OF
David or Johns apocalyptlc vision. Have
You great powers of pathosl exhaust 1t In tell.
Ing the story Of Savior's love- Have You a
bold style Of thinkingl then follow Eezekicl's
wheel, full Of eyes, and hear through his
chapters the rush Of tho wings of the sera-
phm. All yo who want grand field in
which to work for God, come into the gospel
ministry. At any rate, come into Christian
circles, and somewhere md somehow declare
tho grace of God. Pardon for al sin. Com
fort for all trouble. Eternal life for oil the
dead. O, my soul! preach it forever 1t has
been my ambition, and / believe it las
| been yours, my dear people, in these years
OF my ministry to have this a soul saving
church, and we never yet threw out the Cos
pei net but we drew in great multitude.
They have come 100 at a time, and 200 at a
time, and $50 at a time, and I expect the day
will appear whom, in some service, there will
DO 1000 souls accepting the offers of eternal
life wish l could tell you some circum-
stances that have come under my observation,
proving the fact that God has blessed the
prayers of these people in behalf of souls inn
mortal. could tell you of one night when
stood at the end of.the platform and gentle
man passed me, his cheek bronzed with the
sea. and as he went into the inquiry room he
said to me: II am ali Englishman." I said
II am very glad to see you; walk in." That
night he gave his heart to the Lord.
1t was a clear case Of quick but
thorough conversion. Passing out ut
the close of the inquiry meeting
said: GLOW long have you been in this coun-
try?" He said: II arrived by steamer this
morning at II o'clock" I said: "How long
will you be in the citys" He said: ~ leave
tomorrow for Canada, and thence 60 to
Halifax, and thence to Europe, and I'll never
be here again" 1 said: II think you must
have come to this country to have your soul
saved" He said: "Ihat certainly was the
reason" In that other room, one night, at |
the close of the service, there sat among other |
persons, three persons looking so cheerful that |
said to myself: "These are not anxious in
quirers." I said to the man: care you |
Christian9" He said: II am" said: "When
did you become Christang" He said: "'To-
night" His wife sat next to him. said to
her: "Are you a Christiang" She said: II
am" l said "When did you become Chris
tian" She said: "To-night." l remarked: as
this young lady your daughterY They said
eyes" said to her: "Are you a Chrstian"
She said: eyes" | said "When did you be-
come ChristianT' She said: "To-night" I
said to them: "From whence came you?"
They said awe are from Charleston, S. c."
said: "When did you comeg' They said:
'IVe came yesterday" "How long are you
going tohemain" "We go tomorrow We
have never been here before, and shall never
be here again" l have heard from them
SINCE They are members of the church of
Jesus Christ, in good and regular standing,
eminent for consistency and piety. And so
1od has made it a soul-saving church. But
could tell you Of tragic scene, when once
vt the close of the service, found nlai, in
me of these front seats, wrought upon most
nightly. I said to him: "What is Tie
natterY' He replied: 81 am captiEl
strong drink; I came from the west; I
bought perhaps, you could do me some
rood: 1 find you can't do me any good;
find there is no hope for me-" said:
ogether." "Oh, mol" he said, "there's no
reed of my going in; am lost man; have s
. beautiful wife, have four beautiful chill
lren; had a fine profession; have had a s
borough education had every opportunity
man ever had, but 1 am captive of strong S
rink. God only knows what 1 suffer" ] '
aid: "Be encouraged; come in here and we'll {
ak together about it." "No," he said, Il t
oon,f do ooO6 |
N the Hudson River railroad yesterday, and t
oming down resolved never again to touch
drop of strong drink. While sat there
nan came ina low creature-and sat byme
lie had whisky flask and he said to me: +
Will you take drink" said "No;" but t
)h how wanted it! And as l said no it q
eemed that the liquor curled up around the I
mouth of the flask and begged: "Take me! take +
ne take mel" l felt couldn't resist it, and yet
was determined not to drink, and rushed \
ut on the platform Of the car, and thought v
would Jump off; we were going at the rate
f forty miles en- hour, and l didn't dare to d
ump: the paroxyism of thirst went off, and v
am here tonight" said: "Come in, I'll d
ray for you, and commend you to God" He I
anne in trembling. Some of you remember :
lfter the service we walked out and up the
II take you into drug store, perhaps the
octor can give you some medicine that will A
clip you in your struggle, though, after all,
on will have to depend upon the grace of =
cd " said to the doctor: "Can you give Ne Ne
lis man something to help him in his battle 70
yainst strong drinkg" II can," replied the eer
octor, and he prepared bottle of medicine a, na
said: There is no alcohol in this-no strong oil
rinkp "None at ALL" said the doctor wi
ow long will this lastT l inquired. ut ST.
ill last him week." co." I said, =;
live us another bottle" We passed out ne
ito the street and stood under the pa
aslight 1t was getting late, and l said to ~, sc
the man: II must part with you. Put fai
our trust in the Lord, and he will see you ste
rough You will make use of this medicine So So
hen the paroxysm of thirst comes on" A 10,
W weeks passed away, and l got u letter D1
ON Boston saying: "Dear friend, inclose vi
% money you paid for that medicine. nj,
I've never used any of it. The thirst for Ter
rong drink has entirely gone away from
e. send you two or three newspapers to ca.
ow you what l have been doing since l COZ
me to Boston," 1 opened the newspapers .he
ID saw accounts Of meetings Of 1900 or tn
700 people to whom this man had been